“Things kind of died, in terms of most conversations, once you get into February,” the GM said. “They (usually) pick back up again the first couple weeks of games. Right now is a very quiet period for most clubs.”

As our own Mark Polishuk recently explained, 2011 is a make or break year for Doumit. The Pirates hold options on the soon-to-be 30-year-old worth $7.25MM in 2012 and $8.25MM in 2013 but the club will almost certainly choose to pay a $500K buyout instead.

Huntington also indicated today that if the Pirates decide they can’t keep Rule 5 pick Josh Rodriguezon the roster, they will first try to work out a trade with the Indians in order to keep him.

Doumit= Glass man,if the guy could actually stay healthy for a full season he might be able to put up some pretty decent numbers but his defense is truly god awful,he can’t play behind the plate cause even a slob like me could walk into second and then third. If i recall in softball u always put the worst athlete at first base and we’ve all seen what he can do there,dh only.

I agree, but Doumit’s bat isn’t good enough to DH either. His offense would be more than acceptable if he was even an average catcher, but you want more out of a guy that’s going to play any other position.

No one will take him at this point. The Pirates are gonna have to pray that he will have a productive first 2-3 months that he generates enough interest from a division contending team.

Possibilities:
Red Sox (maybe if Saltalamacchia struggles)
Blu Jays (If they are in position to win the Wild Card)
Angels (Same reason as Jays)
Padres (maybe if in position and desperate enough but I don’t think he’ll generate attention from NL teams)

i’m crossing my fingers too that that baltimore or anyone else would be foolish enough to trade even a bag of dirty jock straps for the guy. With John Russell coming over from the pirates i doubt it will happen though.